{"id":192550,"date":"2021-03-06T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192550"},"modified":"2021-03-06T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:15:04","slug":"new-york-state-senate-majority-leader-says-she-wont-call-for-andrew-cuomo-to-resign-unless-a-fourth-accuser-comes-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-state-senate-majority-leader-says-she-wont-call-for-andrew-cuomo-to-resign-unless-a-fourth-accuser-comes-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Senate Majority Leader Says She Won\u2019t Call For Andrew Cuomo To Resign Unless A Fourth Accuser Comes Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-state-senate-majority-leader-says-she-wont-call-for-andrew-cuomo-to-resign-unless-a-fourth-accuser-comes-forward%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-106217308.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Four accusers is apparently the magic number needed for New York\u2019s state Senate Majority Leader to call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s (D-NY) resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Three women have already accused Cuomo of inappropriate behavior, including sexual harassment and forced kissing. That isn\u2019t enough for state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) to condemn her fellow Democrat, however.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/04\/ny-state-senates-top-dem-says-one-more-accuser-and-cuomos-done\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">reported<\/a> that Stewart-Cousins drew the line at four accusers while speaking on \u201cCapital Tonight,\u201d a public affairs program out of Albany, New York. The program was recorded \u201cjust hours before CBS News broadcast a wrenching interview with one of Cuomo\u2019s three accusers,\u201d the Post noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny further people coming forward, I think it would be time to resign,\u201d Stewart-Cousins said on the program, responding to Spectrum News reported Susan Arbetter\u2019s question about what would cause the state senator to call for Cuomo\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart-Cousins also said she might call for Cuomo to resign depending on the findings of New York State Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 investigation into the allegations against the governor, an investigation expected to take weeks to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart-Cousins\u2019 remarks were taped just three hours before Albany\u2019s CBS affiliate aired an interview with Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and policy advisor to the Cuomo administration, said the governor asked her inappropriate \u201cquestions about her sex life, whether her relationships were monogamous, and whether she ever had sex with older men,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Hank Berrien <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/now-its-two-second-woman-claims-cuomo-sexually-harassed-her?%3Futm_source=twitter\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett\u2019s allegations followed those of Lindsey Boylan, who also worked in the Cuomo administration until she resigned, she says, because of sexual harassment. As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woman-who-accused-andrew-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment-finally-details-allegations\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Boylan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@lindseyboylan4NY\/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0a lengthy article on Medium detailing her allegations against Cuomo, beginning with a suggestion the government made while the two were on his taxpayer-funded jet in which he suggested they play \u201cstrip poker.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I was thinking,\u201d Boylan said she responded, claiming her statement was made \u201csarcastically and awkwardly\u201d and that she \u201ctried to play it cool.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGovernor Andrew Cuomo has created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned but expected. His inappropriate behavior toward women was an affirmation that he liked you, that you must be doing something right. He used intimidation to silence his critics. And if you dared to speak up, you would face consequences,\u201d Boylan wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not long after Boylan and Bennett spoke up, a third woman, Anna Ruch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/third-woman-accuses-cuomo-of-making-unwanted-sexual-advances-at-wedding\">came forward<\/a> to say Cuomo made unwanted sexual advances toward her at a wedding, including placing his hands on her face and asking to kiss her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she removed his hand with her own, Ms. Ruch recalled, the governor remarked that she seemed \u2018aggressive\u2019 and placed his hands on her cheeks. He asked if he could kiss her, loudly enough for a friend standing nearby to hear. Ms. Ruch was bewildered by the entreaty, she said, and pulled away as the governor drew closer,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/01\/nyregion\/cuomo-harassment-anna-ruch.html?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has repeatedly denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four accusers is apparently the magic number needed for New York\u2019s state Senate Majority Leader to call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s (D-NY) resignation. 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